Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TOY, v.i. [Dan. töver, Sw. töfva, to stay, to tarry, to dally. This seems to be the true origin of toy, supra.]

To dally amorously; to trifle; to play.

TOY, v.t.

To treat foolishly. [Not used.] Dering.

TOY'ER, n.

One who toys; one who is full of trifling tricks.

TOY'FUL, a.

Full of trifling play. Donne.

TOY'ING, ppr.

Dallying; trifling.

TOY'ISH, a.

Trifling; wanton. Crowley.

TOY'ISH-NESS, n.

Disposition to dalliance or trifling.

TOY'MAN, n. [toy and man.]

One that deals in toys.

TOY'SHOP, n. [toy and shop.]

A shop where toys are sold.

TOZE, v.t.

To pull by violence. [See Touse.]

TRA'BE-A, n. [L.]

In Roman history, a robe worn by kings, consuls, and augurs.

TRA-BE-A'TION, n. [L. trabs, a beam.]

In architecture, the same as entablature.

TRACE, n.¹ [Fr. id.; It. traccia; Sp. traza; L. tractus, tracto. See Track, and the verb Trace.]

1. A mark left by any thing passing; a footstep; a track; a vestige; as, the trace of a carriage or sled; the trace of a man or of a deer.
2. Remains; a mark, impression, or visible appearance of any thing left when the thing itself no longer exists. We are told that there are no traces of ancient Babylon now to be seen. The shady empire shall retain no trace / Of war or blood, but in the sylvan chase. Pope.

TRACE, n.² [Fr. tirasse; or W. tres. See Trestle.]

Traces, in a harness, are the straps, chains, or ropes by which a carriage or sleigh is drawn by horses. [Locally, these are called tugs; Sax. teogan, to draw.]

TRACE, v.t. [Fr. tracer; It. tracciare; Sp. trazare; L. tracto, from traho, Eng. to draw, to drag.]

1. To mark out; to draw or delineate with marks; as, to trace a figure with a pencil; to trace the outline of any thing.
2. To follow by some mark that has been left by something which has preceded; to follow by footsteps or tracks. You may trace the deluge quite round the globe. Burnet. I feel thy power to trace the ways / Of highest agents. Milton.
3. To follow with exactness. That servile path thou nobly dost decline, / Of tracing word by word, and line by tine. Denham.
4. To walk over. We do trace this alley up and down. Shak.

TRACE-A-BLE, a.

That may be traced. Drummond.

TRACE-A-BLE-NESS, n.

The state of being traceable.

TRACE-A-BLY, adv.

In a traceable manner.

TRAC-ED, pp.

Marked out; delineated; followed.

TRAC-ER, n.

One that traces or follows by marks.

TRAC-ER-Y, n.

Ornamental stone work. Warton.

TRA-CHE'A, n. [Low L. from Gr. τραχυς, rough.]

In anatomy, the windpipe.

TRA-CHE'AL, a.

Pertaining to the trachea or windpipe; as, the tracheal artery. Coxe.

TRA-CHEL'I-PODE, n. [Gr. τραχηλος, the neck, and πους, foot.]

An animal having the foot proceeding from or joined to the neck, as in most of the spiral, univalve, testaceous mollusca.

TRA-CHEL-IP'O-DOUS, a.

Having the foot united with the neck.